How to convert degree minute second to degree decimal

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I receive the latitude and longitude from GPS with this format: Latitude : 78°55'44.29458"N I need convert this data to: latitude: 78.9288888889 I found this code here: link import re def dms2dd(degrees, minutes, seconds, direction): dd = float(degrees) + float(minutes)/60 + float(seconds)/(60*60); if direction == 'E' or direction == 'S': dd *= -1 return dd; def dd2dms(deg): d = int(deg) md = abs(deg - d) * 60 m = int(md) sd = (md - m) * 60 return [d, m, sd] def parse_dms(dms): parts = re.split('[^\d\w]+', dms) lat = dms2dd(parts[0], parts[1], parts[2], parts[3]) return (lat) dd = parse_dms("78°55'44.33324"N ) print(dd) It is working for for this format dd = parse_dms("78°55'44.33324'N" ) but it is not working for my datafromat. Can anyone help me to solve this problem? JavaScript questions and answers, JavaScript questions pdf, JavaScript question bank, JavaScript questions and answers pdf, mcq on JavaScript pdf, JavaScript questions and solutions, JavaScript mcq Test , Interview JavaScript questions, JavaScript Questions for Interview, JavaScript MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

Answer 1

Here's my one liner (fine, fine – maybe it's two lines) :) import re lat = '''51°36'9.18"N''' deg, minutes, seconds, direction = re.split('[°\'"]', lat) (float(deg) + float(minutes)/60 + float(seconds)/(60*60)) * (-1 if direction in ['W', 'S'] else 1) This outputs 51.60255